Précoce de Trévoux
PearPrécoce de Trévoux
Origin/History
Obtained by M. Treyve of Trévoux, Ain, France, and first published in 1862.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size & Form: Full medium size, pyriform-truncate.
Skin: Fine and tender, vivid yellow, very finely dotted with green, washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun.
Flesh & Flavor: White, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, and richly flavored. Agreeable perfume. Quality rated good to very good.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Beginning of August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); Catalogue du Congrès Pomologique de France, no. 328 (1906).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Précoce de Trévoux.
- Cat. Cong. Pom. France 328. 1906.
Obtained by M. Treyve, Trévoux, Ain, Fr., and first published in 1862. Fruit full medium size, pyriform-truncate, fine and tender skin of a vivid yellow, very finely dotted with green and washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, sugary and richly flavored, agreeable perfume; good to very good; beginning of Aug.